After protesters won a court ruling allowing them to protest in front of Mayor Bloomberg’s plush townhouse on East 79th Street, the NYPD responded by taking photos of them from the roof of the Rudolf Steiner School in full violation of the Handschu agreement, which basically forbids them from filming legal demonstrations. |Gothamist|
Perhaps you’ve heard that Gary Coleman was arrested in Utah yesterday for domestic assault, but did you know that Coleman, who was recently hospitalized for having seizures, is apparently possessed by some servant of Lucifer?! I mean, just look at those eyes! Mr. Drummond and Mrs. Garrett, you have obviously failed as parental figures! |NBC New York|
If you like cute little hedgehogs, and don’t like watching an overweight woman being physically and mercilessly mocked, you won’t want to click through to watch these two spots for German investing site mystocks.de. This is some very 80s, very un-PC advertising humor. Read more »
Now that he’s out from under the giant fail-rock that is NBC, the rampant speculation within the TV industry shifts from “what will Conan say tonight?” to “where will Conan end up?” Conventional wisdom says he’ll end up at Fox, and they’re wasting little time going after him. Read more »
It was only a matter of time before this would happen: “The owners of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village…have decided to turn over the properties to creditors.” Even after using lots of underhanded methods to remove tenants from the Orwellian complex, renovate and charge outrageous rents, Tishman Speyer was still unable to cover the costs of their amassing debt from the $5 billion land deal. |NYT|
Despite the pleas, Banksy’s Sundance art continues to be removed and most recently, Park City buffed his prayer boy in a style reminiscent of the Gray Ghost, essentially vandalizing Banksy’s vandalism with vandalism and vindicating at least one artist who thinks he was ripped off. For those keeping count, that’s 4 down and now officials are considering going after one on private property, which can be buffed without the owner’s permission if its deemed “graffiti.”
Before photo: Banksy / After photo: grimbasement
On Friday night, Bono, Jay-Z, Rihanna, and The Edge performed live as part of Hope for Haiti, a telethon to help raise money for the island nation. The collaborative track, “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour),” is available on iTunes as is the album featuring numerous musical artists, with all proceeds going to a collective of charities.
Behold the thought provoking missives and imagery of artist Relish Today on a freight train in Canada. |Unurth|
More evidence that the world’s gone mad: “A passenger plane travelling from Germany to Turkey made a safe emergency landing in the Greek city of Thessaloniki on Friday after a crew member found a piece of paper with a bomb warning in the toilet.” |NYT|
Officials in Utah don’t give a shit about Banksy’s Sundance art or its tendency to increase property values, their policy is to remove all graffiti within 72 hours period! An official from Park City confirmed that all of the work painted on public property has been buffed which includes the barn, the monkey on the utility box, and this kneeling angel. Although, they really didn’t do a good job as you can see. As for the pieces on private property? If the owners that were lucky enough to be vandalized were smart, they might consider a wiser and more preservationist tact.
Before photo: in aperto / After photo: Dan Richards
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